The Iowa State Capitol
Foundation Lookup

Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-3195023

Walden Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Arnolds Park, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 23 grants and $183,000 paid in grants.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
C B Kitty Conover
1215 Grand Avenue
Spencer, IA 51301
(712) 580-4101
Form and materials
No standard form
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
The requests must be to provide support for charitable and educational causes and organizations.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $183,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $2,399,182

  • Tax year 2024

    $127,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,537,019

  • Tax year 2023

    $107,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,173,624

  • Tax year 2022

    $112,650

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,084,884

  • Tax year 2021

    $29,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,105,143

  • Tax year 2020

    $69,500

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,815,312

  • Tax year 2019

    $78,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,376,630

Grants paid in 2025

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. River's Edge Methodist ChurchSpencer, IA

    Upper des moines kits for homeless individuals. Childcare center. Caasa kits for adults and children needing emergency supplies.

    $30,000
  2. Spencer Regional Healthcare FoundationSpencer, IA

    Behavioral health unit adding a second security room for mental health patients

    $15,000
  3. Atlas of SpencerSpencer, IA

    Funds to cover salaries, staff training, emergency funds, and homeless help

    $13,000
  4. Atlas of Lakes AreaArnolds Park, IA

    Funds to pay for staffing and benevolence.

    $13,000
  5. Creston Area Food PantryCreston, IA

    Food pantry 150 households weekly

    $12,500
  6. Lutheran Lakeside CampSpirit Lake, IA

    Provide foster kids a week at camp and captial campaign to replace/repair water/sewer issues

    $12,000
  7. Creston Area Food Shelf DBA Creston Food Pantry IncCreston, IA

    Pre-k-12 grade backpack program, shut in bags and weekend bags for college students, holiday baskets for easter & christmas

    $10,500
  8. Love Takes RootSpencer, IA

    Solar oven for young baking entrepeneurs in haiti and school lunch program for students spoons, pots, plates, propanes, additional garden supplies breadfruit trees and kitchen staff

    $10,000
  9. Tri County Food PantryWhat Cheer, IA

    Food pantry 70-100 families 2x/month, school pantry serves 50-60 kids per month, school snack cabinets

    $10,000
  10. Dickinson County Hunger CoalitionSpirit Lake, IA

    $5000 covers the cost of food for one month, working to take some food to terrill as well as their milford location

    $10,000
  11. Morningside UniversitySioux City, IA

    Donation to the cary conover endowed scholarship

    $7,500
  12. Crosswinds Church-EfcaSpencer, IA

    Ilcc campus ministry: transportation, acquire/repair bikes, grocery cards, cultural fair, furniture, clothing

    $5,000
  13. Family Crisis Centers IncSioux Center, IA

    Help for domestic violence, human trafficking, violent crimes, homelessness serves NW iowa including ida, clay and dickinson

    $5,000
  14. Orient UMC Mobile Food PantryOrient, IA

    Food to needy households once monthly = 4,000 pounds/month

    $5,000
  15. The OutreachSpencer, IA

    The outreach (started in march 2025) with many volunteers from gaco/after the hotel closed from flooding) is providing free hot meals twice weekly and have added a food pantry.

    $5,000
  16. Feed Our Children Co Living World Outreach MinistriesSpencer, IA

    Spencer's backpack program, providing weekend bags of ready made meals for school aged kids

    $4,000
  17. Clay County PalsSpencer, IA

    Mentor/mentee area activities: bowling alley, cooking at church kitchen, theater, museums, crafting

    $3,000
  18. Keokuk County Hospitals and ClinicsSigourney, IA

    Provides free bandaging and wound care kits for lymphedema patients

    $3,000
  19. Kings & Queens LocalSpirit Lake, IA

    Educating mentors, respite for foster care families, supplies for foster families

    $2,500
  20. 51025 Zip Code CelebrationHolstein, IA

    A town celebration of the zip code date. Entertainment and activities for the celebration

    $2,500
  21. Ida County 4-H FoundationIda Grove, IA

    4-h programs

    $2,000
  22. Clay County Food for LifeSpencer, IA

    Meat processing and distribution, food insecurity

    $1,500
  23. Okoboji Foundation- Youth in PhilanthropyArnolds Park, IA

    Okoboji foundation, will distribute to nonprofits

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services5 grants $43,50051% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture2 grants $20,00023% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $15,00017% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $7,5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa23 grants $183,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kitty Shean ConoverDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Cornelius B Conover IVDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Cornelius B Conover VDIRECTOR/VICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Nicole K SteeleDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Brandon J ConoverDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Joseph W ConoverDIRECTOR/TREASURER Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

More foundations

Similar foundations

Same main cause (human services), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.

  1. Grant & Virginia Brissman Foundation NFPBettendorf, IA 38 grants Accepts applications $186,000 giving
  2. Jeff and Susie Seitz Charitable FoundationBettendorf, IA 21 grants Preselected only $192,200 giving
  3. Jeret & Caroline Koenig Family CharitablIndianola, IA 8 grants Preselected only $203,700 giving
  4. Molony FoundationBernard, IA 30 grants Accepts applications $162,631 giving
  5. Charles J and Marjorie Schrup Jr FamilyDubuque, IA 5 grants Accepts applications $210,000 giving